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golubb_u · 07-13-2005, 11:17 AM

"Could you please explain this because this has me confused"

I was talking about the 3 years of a residency in Internal Medicine or Psychiatry....you do get paid, so you won't be taking any debts out on this amount of time.

"However, I still feel that engineers may have the best package: 4-5 yrs of school with good scholarships for women, good salary, and good job opportunities"

Hmmm, you're only looking at the positive sides, which aren't that positive. To decompose it even further...

1)Since you're a female in engineering, you may find it quite stressful. You may be shown less respect by your peers. Your promotions will be much slower than male counterparts.

2)There is a feeling of isolation anytime there's a 1:10 ratio against you. You may find yourself making friends with the secretaries and other workers while on the job...clicking with the male groups may be much more difficult than you expect.....you better have top notch social skills PLUS top notch engineering skills.

3) You may feel on the verge of losing your jobs at many times...lack of projects, supervision, invites to discussions/meetings.....if you're not doing something all the time, you may be let go..

4) You may be job hopping every 3-5 years....each time it will get harder and harder to get a job. There's no job in engineering that's stable....except if you work for the government. You WILL job hop.

5) You may not be interested in Salary, but guess what....why do people work to begin with?? That's right, to make money. Nobody likes to have a job except if you're into charities or something. But in general, you better care about your salary!!!! After you're older, and your peers in other fields are making much more than you are, you may start caring a whole lot.

6) If you think engineering is a good package....guess what, so do a milliion other people, including people in India and China. And it's a MUCH better package for them than for you, and they can get into the game in NOO time. So, imagine coming into office from 9-5 while your counterparts come in from 8pm-7pm.....pretty soon you'll be working 8pm-7pm a day as well, for no additional income. That's 55 hours a week, plus 5 hours for lunch, so you're putting in 60 hours for low pay.

07-13-2005, 11:17 AM	#32
golubb_u Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 359	"Could you please explain this because this has me confused" I was talking about the 3 years of a residency in Internal Medicine or Psychiatry....you do get paid, so you won't be taking any debts out on this amount of time. "However, I still feel that engineers may have the best package: 4-5 yrs of school with good scholarships for women, good salary, and good job opportunities" Hmmm, you're only looking at the positive sides, which aren't that positive. To decompose it even further... 1)Since you're a female in engineering, you may find it quite stressful. You may be shown less respect by your peers. Your promotions will be much slower than male counterparts. 2)There is a feeling of isolation anytime there's a 1:10 ratio against you. You may find yourself making friends with the secretaries and other workers while on the job...clicking with the male groups may be much more difficult than you expect.....you better have top notch social skills PLUS top notch engineering skills. 3) You may feel on the verge of losing your jobs at many times...lack of projects, supervision, invites to discussions/meetings.....if you're not doing something all the time, you may be let go.. 4) You may be job hopping every 3-5 years....each time it will get harder and harder to get a job. There's no job in engineering that's stable....except if you work for the government. You WILL job hop. 5) You may not be interested in Salary, but guess what....why do people work to begin with?? That's right, to make money. Nobody likes to have a job except if you're into charities or something. But in general, you better care about your salary!!!! After you're older, and your peers in other fields are making much more than you are, you may start caring a whole lot. 6) If you think engineering is a good package....guess what, so do a milliion other people, including people in India and China. And it's a MUCH better package for them than for you, and they can get into the game in NOO time. So, imagine coming into office from 9-5 while your counterparts come in from 8pm-7pm.....pretty soon you'll be working 8pm-7pm a day as well, for no additional income. That's 55 hours a week, plus 5 hours for lunch, so you're putting in 60 hours for low pay. Last edited by golubb_u; 07-13-2005 at 11:31 AM.
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